Leicester City vs Watford · Championship
Leicester City
8-7-8
1 – 2
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Watford
9-8-6
King Power Stadium · Leicester · England
Watford fought back to win 2-1 against Leicester City at King Power Stadium (crowd 30,485). Jordan James scored first for Leicester at the 7-minute mark and Watford were back level through Othmane Maamma after 45 minutes; Matthew Pollock got the deciding goal at the 65-minute mark. Five players went into the book. Leicester kept the ball 51% of the time and shot 9 times, Watford 13. 3 of the 13 shots by Watford were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- King Power Stadium · Leicester · England
- Crowd
- 30,485
- Referee
- Josh Smith
- Leicester form
- LWWLD
- Watford form
- LLLWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Watford | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Side by side
14Fouls8
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides1
5Corner Kicks6
1Saves1
50.6%Possession49.4%
9Shots13
2On Goal3
20%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
387Accurate Passes382
458Passes448
80%Pass Completion %90%
1Accurate Crosses5
18Crosses16
10%Cross %30%
44Long Balls43
22Accurate Long Balls17
50%Long Balls %40%
2Blocked Shots5
13Effective Tackles11
19Tackles25
70%Tackle %40%
4Interceptions9
17Effective Clearances32
17Clearances32
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
90'+1'
🔁James Morrisreplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
🔁Hamza Choudhuryreplacing Oliver Skipp
87'
🔁Silko Thomasreplacing Ricardo Pereira
87'
81'
🔁Moussa Sissokoreplacing Othmane Maamma
81'
🔁Vivaldo Semedoreplacing Luca Kjerrumgaard
🔁Aaron Ramseyreplacing Bobby De Cordova-Reid
75'
🔁Jeremy Mongareplacing Stephy Mavididi
69'
66'
🔁Nestory Irankundareplacing Tom Ince
65'1 - 2
⚽Matthew PollockAssist: Imran Louza
🟨Stephy Mavididi
63'
61'
🟨Hector Kyprianou
48'
🟨Imran Louza
Half-time · 1-1
45'1 - 1
⚽Othmane MaammaAssist: Imran Louza
🟨Oliver Skipp
42'
🟨Fatawu Issahaku
19'
⚽Jordan JamesAssist: Jordan Ayew
7'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Leicester City4-2-3-1
9Ayew
10🟨↓Mavididi
14↓De Cordova-Reid
7🟨Issahaku
22🟨↓Skipp
6⚽James
33Thomas
4Nelson
21↓Pereira
5Okoli
1Stolarczyk
Bench
- 3Wout Faes
- 28Jeremy Mongaon for Stephy Mavididi, 69'
- 25Louis Page
- 18Julián Carranza
- 39Silko Thomason for Ricardo Pereira, 87'
- 17Hamza Choudhuryon for Oliver Skipp, 87'
- 56Olabade Aluko
- 31Asmir Begovic
- 30Aaron Ramseyon for Bobby De Cordova-Reid, 75'
Watford4-4-2
9↓Kjerrumgaard
8↓Chakvetadze
10🟨Louza
7↓Ince
5🟨Kyprianou
42⚽↓Maamma
16Bola
3Alleyne
2Ngakia
6⚽Pollock
1Selvik
Bench
- 29Jeremy Petris
- 23Nampalys Mendy
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 17Moussa Sissokoon for Othmane Maamma, 81'
- 25James Abankwah
- 66Nestory Irankundaon for Tom Ince, 66'
- 18Vivaldo Semedoon for Luca Kjerrumgaard, 81'
- 4Kévin Keben
- 22James Morrison for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 90'+1'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
5Leicester wins
0Level
0Watford wins
Last times they met
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Watford
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Leicester · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Watford
1–5
Leicester · 2021-22 English Premier League
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Leicester
4–1
Watford · 2021-22 English FA Cup
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Leicester
4–2
Watford · 2021-22 English Premier League
Form
Last games: Leicester
L3-2W3-1D2-2W3-1L4-1
Last games: Watford
L2-1W3-2D1-1D2-2W1-0
